The Winery Le Mortelle of Tuscany

Winery Le Mortelle
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This estate is part of the Marchesi Antinori.
It is ranked in the top 259 of the estates of Tuscany.
It is located in Tuscany

The Winery Le Mortelle is one of the best wineries to follow in Toscane.. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Tuscany to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Le Mortelle estate is a prestigious wine property located in one of the most renowned winemaking regions of Italy, Tuscany. Spanning an area of 270 hectares, the estate is nestled among the verdant hills of the Maremma, not far from the medieval town of Castiglione della Pescaia. Le Mortelle takes its name from a typical Mediterranean tree, the Myrtle, which surrounds the property. Owned by the Antinori family since 1999, the estate has a rich heritage that dates back hundreds of years. Its history is rooted in winemaking tradition from the 16th century, combined with a modern ambition to innovate and perfect the quality of its wines. True to the Antinori family's environmental commitment, the Le Mortelle estate focuses on sustainable, environmentally-friendly production. The winery has been designed to integrate the surrounding landscape, being almost entirely underground to minimize its impact on the scenery. It is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for quality winemaking while respecting nature. Le Mortelle produces a variety of elegant, high-quality wines. This includes the famous "Botrosecco," a classic blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and the "Poggio alle Nane," an elegant and complex red wine crafted from a specially selected cuvée of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot. The territory offers mineral-rich soils and a mild climate, ideal for the cultivation of vermentino, a local white grape variety, as well as international grapes. Olive trees and beehives are also present in the estate, reflecting its commitment to biodiversity.

Top Winery Le Mortelle wines

Looking for the best Winery Le Mortelle wines in Tuscany among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Le Mortelle wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Le Mortelle wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Le Mortelle

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Le Mortelle

How Winery Le Mortelle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian, pasta or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of zucchini and goat cheese quiche, pistou soup complete or chorizo puff pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Le Mortelle

On the nose the white wine of Winery Le Mortelle. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, straw or floral and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, red fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Le Mortelle. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Le Mortelle

  • 2011With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2023With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2022With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Le Mortelle.

  • Vermentino
  • Ansonica
  • Viognier
  • Pinot Grigio
  • Pinot Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Tuscany

Tuscany is one of the most famous and prolific wine regions in Europe. It is best known for its Dry red wines made from Sangiovese grapes, which dominate production. These include Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The region's Vin Santo is also highly prized, as are its passito dessert wines, though these are produced in comparatively tiny quantities.

Dry whites are probably less familiar to most consumers - except perhaps Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Located in Central Italy, Tuscany borders Liguria and Emilia-Romagna to the North, Umbria and Marche to the east and Lazio to the South. Its western border is formed by the Tyrrhenian Sea. The picturesque rolling hills, medieval villages and cypress-lined avenues attract tourists and help promote the wines.

The top red wines of Winery Le Mortelle

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Le Mortelle

How Winery Le Mortelle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of roast beef casserole, moussaka with spices or osso buco.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Le Mortelle

On the nose the red wine of Winery Le Mortelle. often reveals types of flavors of cream, non oak or raisin and sometimes also flavors of toasty, tomatoes or mint. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Le Mortelle. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Le Mortelle

  • 2006With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.09/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Le Mortelle.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Carménère
  • Sangiovese

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Le Mortelle

Planning a wine route in the of Tuscany? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Le Mortelle.

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).

News about Winery Le Mortelle and wines from the region

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Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bo ...

Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Mâcon

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The Saint-Véran appellation seen by Kevin Tessieux

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The word of the wine: Hat

Solid part (marc), composed of pips and skins (sometimes of the stalk), which forms at the top of the tank during fermentation. The pigeage consists in breaking this cap to put back in suspension these elements and to favour the exchanges between the juice and the skins.